Health & Genetics

The Bouvier Health Foundation provides information on Bouvier health issues and rasies money to refund research.

The Canine Diversity Project is an attempt to acquaint breeders of domesticated dogs with the dangers of inbreeding and the overuse of popular sires. Both lead to the indiscriminate loss of genetic diversity and increase the frequency of genetic problems in the population.

Canine Inherited Disorders Database intends to reduce the incidence of inherited disorders in dogs by providing information to owners and breeders, and to facilitate the best management possible of these conditions by providing current information to veterinarians. Featuring general information about inherited disorders and the breeds affected.

Purebred Dog Breeds Into the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs tells how the current dogbreeding and registry system gives rise to a steady increase in genetic defects, explains the basics of population genetics and explores how the purebred fancy might find its way out of the woods and restore genetic health to purebred dog breeds.